CONSTANT CHANGE

Are you familiar with the song constant and change by Jose Marie Chan? If you do, then we’re the same. In the office while listening the song my tears slowly go down, I don’t know why, perhaps the line of the song is really meaningful.” We’re on the road we move from place to place, this is one of the lines of the song. I couldn’t imagine how long and how far my journey in life right now. Before, I was just an ordinary person and young boy staring at the stars in the heaven at night and dreaming that one day I’ll be one of them shining and be a successful individual someday. From elementary, secondary and until college I have only one aim and that is to finish my studies in life, land a job  and at least be somebody a person who could influence another individual and follow my footsteps though different stories in life however with one aim and that is to be successful.  The song is true, we move from place to place, we meet people along the way and be a part of the book of our memories. 

Sometimes we feel painful situations we, encounter problems and tribulations, eventually it is helping to us because it teaches us on how to grow older and stronger. Nothing stays the same the song said, yes I agree since we are human being my belief is we change everyday and every single second of our day to day living. However, what kind of change do we want to apply in our hearts, in our mind? Would it be positive? A negative or something that we call neutral. As I have learned from life, the word change is very delicate and simple to utter nevertheless a very difficult thing to define. For me change could be positive and it could be negative. It is up to us on how to handle and interpret every situation that ultimately affects our life.

  In meeting people, getting close with them for example has two  effects it could be positive or it could be negative depending on the type of influence he might contribute into your life. I have met a lot of types of people. Some of them are there for reasons, for pleasure, for a friend and for forever friend. 

Life is a constant change, yes it is. Because even if we don’t want to happen it will and it must. It is like an hour, a time that cannot be halted because it will run and has to pass. We cannot hinder the night because it is constant that after the day the night will follow. It is inevitable. 

My life as individual seemed to be miserable sometimes however I just keep hoping and praying that one day brighter things will happen. In every time that I experience difficulties in life, problems and sorrows, I always convince myself that there is a positive results for these. Trials, and sacrifices has positive aftermath in our lives I believe, because through it all we learn, we grow and we become firm and strong, and that one day another test will arise we now know how to handle because we have tried it before. The longer our time on earth is supposedly the stronger we become. Yes, all these things the negative ones have positive contribution in our life. Imagine a person who dreams to become a soldier; he will not be called a soldier if he has not passed every test. In life we cannot be called a great man if we haven’t experience huge difficulties. We cannot influence others if we are inexperience. In applying for a job, employers rarely hire inexperience, neophyte, and novice; because they are doubtful if the results would be great as expected.

We must be thankful also, when we meet people. Through them we learn, and we grow. I am so thankful that after I graduated my degree I was given a chance to teach and handle subjects to the college students, you know why? Because at a younger age I was given a chance to know the student’s life, the way they handle problems like academic and family problems. Though it isn’t easy yet I continue. I was able to experience the feeling of being a teacher speaking, influencing and expressing ideas to his subordinates. Not an easy job. But so exciting. I was able to influence, inspired and hear every student’s sorrows and pangs of life.  But sometimes, I meditated what would my life be after five years, after ten years will I remain a teacher? Will I remain my lonely life? Oh am I saying that teaching life is a lonely life? Well perhaps and sometimes but then it is up to you on how to make yourself happy. If your aim is to earn money out from teaching then you will say it’s boring but if your aim is to be happy in teaching then go for it. Right. There was a time when I almost lost my courage, I don’t know why. Is it because I have no time for myself going outside, well I do go outside with my friends, my former classmates. Then upon reading a book entitle SO I AM NOT PERFECT I have realized that life is not perfect, it is up to us on how to define the word perfect. If you think that upon landing a job and getting married with rich individual is perfect then it is. It varies right? We are human being, and we are rational being, we have differences, we have different taste of life, different ways of living according to profession status of living, emotional state and of course frames of mind.

Life is worth living no matter who we are.  No matter what kind of work do we have, no matter what kind of profession we have? Life is good they said even if you have experience difficulties at this very moment you still have to thank God and praise him all the time. But sometimes, I couldn’t understand people, they show to us that they go to church because they want to know that they are praising God showing to the public that they are religious however upon checking them, the ways and attitudes are  unacceptable and somewhat different  from what they actually do everyday. Is this what you called praising to God? No, in my belief it’s not only going to church right? It’s also on how you behave, on how you act and on how you deal people around you. Well, we have different ways of showing what is the real meaning of being godly yet is up to our creator to judge what kind of person we are.

Life is worth living no matter what we have. Right?  Sometimes I lost my interest to get to know with the people around me because I used to think of my status in life I mean the class level in the society. We belong to poor family, my father was a fisherman and my mother is just a housewife who sells fish everyday when my father got some, when he was still alive. Before, I rarely interact people who are belong to middle class, I always forbid myself to befriend with their children because I don’t belong to them. A change of my self happened when already have my work. I have now the nerve to get along with rich or if not, in middle class people, I realized that it’s not about your social status, it’s about yourself. It’s about dealing the people professionally.  What I am trying to inject is that people change. Be proud of what you are, of what you have. As long as we are not compromising the lives of the others, we are living peacefully and Godly, and loyal to every people then that’s it.  I believe we all live happy and joyful. Praise God.